Abstract

We perform Large Eddy Simulation on a 3D NACA0012 airfoil using a high order discontiuous Galerkin spectral element solver at moderate Reynolds numbers, Re = 1.0 · 105. The aim is to compare the results of classic explicit Sub Grid Scale models, e.g. the WALE and VREMAN models, with the ones get by using implicit LES, where no explicit SGS is used, but we use stabilising split-form energy-stable formulations, with two-point Pirozzoli and KennedyGruber fluxes. We compare general qualitative variables such as the Q-criteria as well as local quantitative variables, as boundary layer velocity profiles. We show that both methods achive similar predictions for the integrated global variables, but differences can be appreciated in the local velocity profiles.